Police appeal for burglary witnesses

Police in Poole are appealing for witnesses to come forward after jewellery was stolen from a house in Rossmore on Thursday 2 February. The incident took place between 6.40am and 1.45pm on Thursday 2 February 2012 on Rossmore Road, near the Worbarrow Garden junction.
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Residents feedback on social housing

Bournemouth residents welcome a decision for them to have their say in how council housing is allocated. Residents will be able to access the council's online surveys which allows them to recommend the housing needs of people on low incomes, ex-armed force workers, and contributors to the local community.
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Couples tie knot in style

This year's annual Wedding Show at the BIC featured unusual wedding location opportunities to meet the rising demand for unconventional weddings. The event gave future weds a chance to potentially tie the knot in a less traditional format by promoting Monkey World Weddings and Beach Weddings Bournemouth.
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West Howe gets improvement manager

Young people and troubled families in West Howe received a new manager who will help to improve their standard of living. Paul Iggulden, has been assigned as West Howe regeneration project manager and will be highlighting major concerns to improve the lives of young people and troubled families in the area.
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Bournemouth wildlife trail launched

A seven-mile self guided trail through North Bournemouth’s history and wildlife has been launched in Kinson this week. The meeting was conducted by Bournemouth Council’s PR volunteer officer, Richard Hesketh, with a presentation on the natural resources and wildlife in the area.
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‘Poole Trail’ phone service launched

A new mobile phone service has been launched to help people explore Poole and find out about its history. The Poole Trail scheme is an online service that provides people with historical information depending on their current location in the town. The scheme uses a system of electronic signposts to locate the person, before giving them text, pictures, video and audio content on the history of their surroundings.
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Tourist season starts early

Over a thousand tourists will be checking in to a Poole holiday park for the school’s February half term. Parkdean’s Sandford Holiday Park, is in Holton Heath which is six miles outside of Poole, it is the only caravan park in Poole that welcomes tourists at this time of year.
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Depardieu to star in Strauss-Kahn movie

Gerard Depardieu is to star in a movie about the sex scandal that caused Dominic Strauss-Kahn to resign as the head of the International Monetary Fund. The film will be directed by US filmmaker Abel Ferrara, who is best known as the director of the 1992 crime thriller ‘Bad Lieutenant’.
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